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Brewster Walking Trails
5 Eddy Bay Trail 6 Eddy Sisters Trail
The trail is located on the site of the "planting fields" of The Eddy Sisters Trail at the Community Garden runs
the Saquatucket Sachemship and later divisions of farms through the woods and along the stone walls and cranberry
for the colonists in the 1600's. The area later served as bogs of an old Cape Cod Farm.It follows a maple swamp,
pasture and tillage for some of Brewster's leading farming upland forest,dikes of old cranberry bogs,and farm fields
families through the 1800's. From Lower Road, the path from the 18th and 19th centuries. A brochure for a self-
leads past 1870's barn and house foundations, through a guided natural history tour is available at the entrance.
grove of large holly trees,and then pine and oak woodland. The trail is named for Mary-Louise,Ruth,and Jean Eddy,
The path ends at the highest bluff in Brewster overlooking whose grandfather Thorndike owned the farm.The sisters
Cape Cod Bay. donated the land for the Community Garden and most of
the trail.
Round trip trail length: 1.0 miles.
Round trip trail length: 0.5 miles.
Directions: From Route 6A near the Brewster Store, take
Lower Road west for 0.5 miles. The trail head is located Directions:From Route 6A near the Brewster Store,turn
on the northern(right) side of the road approximately 150 onto Lower Road and head west for approximately 0.3
yards past the Community Garden and Eddy Sisters Trail miles. The Community Garden and trail head are on the
entrance. There is limited parking at the trail head, and south(left) side of Lower Road.There is a parking lot at
additional space at the Eddy Sisters Trail. the trail head.
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